Shafin Surname
Approximately 6,430 people bear this surname
Shafin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 6,128 | 1:26,005 | 1,752 |
| India | 109 | 1:7,037,297 | 155,647 |
| Russia | 75 | 1:1,921,641 | 121,498 |
| Malaysia | 44 | 1:670,323 | 31,889 |
| Pakistan | 26 | 1:6,870,919 | 39,117 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 10 | 1:597,265 | 42,601 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Shafin (10,879) may also be a first name.
Shafin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shafin (Hindi: शफीन, Marathi: शफीन, Oriya: ଶଫିନ, Russian: Шафин) is most common in Bangladesh. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafin? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shafin is the 76,242nd most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,133,366 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Shafin live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shafin is also the 57,950th most frequently used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 10,879 people.
The surname Shafin is most widely held in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 6,128 people, or 1 in 26,005. Aside from Bangladesh it is found in 20 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent are found and Russia, where 1 percent are found.
Shafin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shafin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shafin surname fell 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafin in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶଫିନ | saphina | - |
| Shafin in the Hindi language | ||
| शफीन | saphina | 72.32 |
| शाफीन | saphina | 13.39 |
| शाफिन | saphina | 8.04 |
| शाफईन | sapha'ina | 3.57 |
| शफिन | saphina | 2.68 |
| Shafin in the Marathi language | ||
| शफीन | saphina | 65.45 |
| शाफीन | saphina | 18.18 |
| शिफन | siphana | 14.55 |
| Shafin in the Russian language | ||
| Шафин | safin | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shafin
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